Concerts & Events
April 2023
QCSO/QCSYE Side-by-Side Concert
The Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles (QCSYE) consists of four school-year orchestras for musicians of all ability levels, ages 7 to 18. The program provides a rigorous and inspiring learning environment founded on musical excellence for string, woodwind, brass, and…
Find out more »May 2023
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast™ in Concert
“Be Our Guest” and experience Disney’s Beauty and the Beast like never before! In a “tale as old as time” Belle’s love must save the cursed prince and his entire castle from eternal enchantment. Watch this timeless animated classic in…
Find out more »October 2023
Masterworks I: From Conflict to Courage
We open our 109th Season with Samuel Barber’s vivid and witty The School for Scandal Overture, capturing the madcap spirit of Richard Sheridan’s comedic play. Cellist Tommy Mesa returns to the Quad Cities to perform Andrea Casarrubios’s Seven, a hauntingly…
Find out more »Disney’s Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert
This Halloween, experience Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas like never before! Follow the earnest-but-misguided adventures of Jack Skellington, Halloween Town's beloved Pumpkin King, as he attempts to kidnap Santa Clause and take over the Christmas holiday. Watch this timeless…
Find out more »November 2023
Masterworks II: An American Tapestry
Our symphonic tapestry of American music begins with a journey to the Wild West in Aaron Copland’s rousing “Buckaroo Holiday” from Rodeo. Be swept away with Judith Shatin’s Piping the Earth before falling in love with the third movement of Amy Beach’s romantic Second…
Find out more »Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert
A second performance is available on November 19, 2023, @ 7:30 pm Relive the magic of year six in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert. With this film, based on the sixth installment of the classic saga, fans…
Find out more »Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert
A second performance is available on November 19, 2023, @ 2:00 pm Relive the magic of year six in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert. With this film, based on the sixth installment of the classic saga, fans…
Find out more »December 2023
Masterworks III: Winter Wonders
Delight in the wonders of winter beginning with the revelry of George Frideric Handel’s Alexander’s Feast Suite, which will take you through a gambit of fiery revenge, overwhelming love, and transcendent joy. Gather under a full moon for the tragic tale of…
Find out more »February 2024
Masterworks IV: The Stars Above & Sands Below
The creation of heaven and earth opens our homage to the natural wonders that surround us in Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Depiction of Chaos” from The Creation. Take in the beauty and peace of space before feeling the gritty grains…
Find out more »April 2024
Masterworks VI: The Force of Fate
Our Season Finale opens with a new work by Angel Lam, one of America’s foremost female composers, lauded for her use of sounds to express detailed emotions and passion for life. Ricardo Morales will guide you through the Unruly, Tender,…
Find out more »Gala Concert: Emanuel Ax
Our Gala Concert tradition continues with world-renowned pianist Emanual Ax. The multi-Grammy®-award-winning artist will join the QCSO to perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s lyrical and heroic Piano Concerto No. 25 followed by his darker and more tempestuous Piano Concerto No. 20.…
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